582: A Rest Before the NBA Finals 1

A Rest Before the NBA Finals 1

Coach Rambis was smart not to casually answer the reporters' questions because if the Los Angeles Lakers team won the NBA title this season, it was possible that he would continue as the team's coach in the next season.0

"Coach Rambis, there are many rumors that next season the Los Angeles Lakers team will still be looking for another coach even if the Los Angeles Lakers team wins the NBA title this season. What do you think about that?"

"As you said, the Los Angeles Lakers team will decide that after the end of this season, so my focus is on trying to win the NBA title this season. We have to focus on winning the next games and winning the NBA title for the fans, and then I'll think about other things."

The reporters were unhappy that they didn't get any different answers from Coach Rambis than expected, but they knew that even if the Los Angeles Lakers team got another coach next season, Coach Rambis would still continue with the Los Angeles Lakers team.

Certainly, winning the NBA title this season would help Coach Rambis's career a lot, and after a few years, he could return to being the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers team. In addition, if a great coach came to the Los Angeles Lakers team, he would learn from him.

Coach Rambis was right to think this way, after all, next season the Los Angeles Lakers team would hire Coach Phil Jackson, who was one of the greatest coaches in NBA history, and he would certainly learn a lot from Coach Jackson.

The reporters also spoke to the other players and they all said they were very happy and confident in winning the NBA title this season, which was certainly not arrogant considering any team that could reach the NBA Finals.

Jake also responded like his other teammates, everyone wanted to keep celebrating and Jake also wanted to return to Los Angeles soon to celebrate with his mother and friends.

After the end of the game, Jake had already found where Eva was sitting in the stands and was happier that she was seeing this important moment for him. Jake also wanted to celebrate with William, Zack, and Haruto.

As soon as the players of the Los Angeles Lakers team returned to the hotel, they began to prepare to return to Los Angeles. The game between the New York Knicks team and the Indiana Pacers team was still in the third game of the playoffs, so the two teams would still have at least two more games.

With these other two games, the NBA Finals game would still take a while to happen, and if everything happened as Jake knew, there would still be three games left before deciding that the New York Knicks would play the NBA Finals and that game would only be on June 16, after 10 days.

In addition, the first two games of the NBA Finals would be in Los Angeles, so the Los Angeles Lakers decided it was better for the players to return to Los Angeles so they could rest well.

Jake also told Eva that the helicopter was ready to send her back to Los Angeles. Jake wanted his mother to be comfortable even when she was supporting him, so Eva would return to Los Angeles before he and the other Los Angeles Lakers players.

Jake returned to Los Angeles after a few hours and went to sleep because he was tired due to the pressure of the game and the exhausting trip, but in the morning he could celebrate with his friends.

"Congratulations, Jake, I knew you would advance to the NBA Finals, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. Too bad there weren't more games in Los Angeles so we could see."

"William is right, we didn't expect the Los Angeles Lakers to win so easily. If we had known that, we would have watched the games in San Antonio."

"They weren't easy games, our team won three games with few points of advantage. I couldn't help much in several games because of the good defense of the San Antonio Spurs team, but we were lucky to win in 4 games, so we can rest more before the NBA Finals."

William and Zack laughed as they heard Jake seriously analyzing the games. They knew how difficult these games were and how stressed Jake was with these games despite the victories, so they were just saying this to make Jake relax.

William and Zack knew how much more stressed Jake was now that he was close to the chance of winning an NBA title than when he was in the finals in college games. What they didn't know was that Jake knew the future and knew how difficult this game against the San Antonio Spurs team would be, after all, the San Antonio Spurs team had originally won the NBA title this season.

"The most important thing now is that the Los Angeles Lakers team made it to the NBA Finals this season, and we are going to watch their games in this NBA Finals. We hope you can win the NBA title this season, Jake. We want to see what the champion ring looks like."

"You can be sure that I will do my best to win the NBA title this season because I want the championship ring more than you do."

Jake talked with his friends for a little while longer at breakfast and then went out to call Kate. Jake couldn't talk to Kate after winning because he had to travel to Los Angeles right after the game, but he had to talk to her about the victory. After all, Kate was going to Los Angeles to watch the games, and they could meet up.

"Hey, Kate, sorry for calling you so late. Yesterday, I was too tired after the game, and our team decided to come to Los Angeles right after the game. So I got home and went straight to bed, and I could only call you now."

Jake still remembered how upset Kate had been that he didn't talk to her right after the last few games. So he started explaining to her. Kate also noticed this and was happy that Jake cared about what she thought.

"It's okay. I understand that you were tired after such a difficult game. I couldn't watch the game because I was doing a show, but later, I watched a recording that I asked Lily to make. You played very well yesterday, and so did your team."

After Jake and Kate started dating, Kate began to follow basketball more and try to learn more about the game. Although the rules were difficult for her to understand, after a few months, she knew well about everything that happened in the games.

So she knew well that Jake was an exceptional basketball player. He always played well and was breaking several records shortly after debuting in the NBA. Kate had watched sports programs that said that Jake would probably win the MVP award of the season and also the Rookie of the Year award in the same season.

"Thank you, Kate. I'm glad to know that you watched my last game. I promised you that our team would go to the NBA Finals. I'm looking forward to when you come to Los Angeles to watch the games."

"As I told you, I rented a helicopter for my mom to be more comfortable and go to watch my team's games outside of Los Angeles. You can keep her company at those games."

Jake said this and talked about the NBA Finals games, but the truth was that he was more anxious to see Kate in person again after such a long time. He was looking forward to when Kate would take her vacation to be with him after the NBA season ended.

Kate was also eager to see Jake again and understood what he meant by that. In addition, she also wanted to go watch Jake's games in the NBA Finals, since she knew that due to her career as a singer, she wouldn't normally be able to watch the games Jake played in.

Moreover, Kate was happy to accompany Eva to these games, so she would have more chances to get closer to Eva and make her relationship with Jake easier. Kate was at ease with this because she knew that Eva had already approved of her dating Jake.

Jake and Kate talked for a while until Jake hung up the phone. Kate had said she would come in four days, and she had previously arranged with her show team not to schedule any shows more than four days in advance. After all, she couldn't know when the Los Angeles Lakers team would qualify for the NBA Finals. Fortunately, with the Lakers team advancing to the final earlier, she would have more time to spend with Jake before the NBA Finals games.

Jake, who knew the future, knew that the New York Knicks team would probably win after the sixth game. So Jake still had five more days to spend with Kate before the first NBA Finals game happened.

Eva and Jake's friends knew that Kate would come to watch Jake's games in the NBA Finals, and they were happy to hear that she would come in four days. Besides Jake, no one knew when the first NBA Finals game would take place, so they planned to hang out with Jake around the city before Kate arrived.

But on the first day after the last game, they wanted Jake to rest well. After all, they could imagine how tired Jake was after all the playoff games and the stress that he was trying to hide. After all, Jake was still young and was about to make history if the Los Angeles Lakers team won the NBA Finals.

Jake was happy with his friends' consideration. He was less stressed than they thought, as he had the mentality of someone over 50 years old. But he had never felt the pressure of being a professional basketball player, so he was a little tired.

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